| -18 C Morikawa (US); -15 B Horschel (US), B Koepka (US), V Hovland (Nor); -14 S Scheffler (US); -12 R McIlroy (NI), L Oosthuizen (SA), W Simpson (US); |
| Selected others: -11 P Reed (US); -10 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -9 T Finau (US); -8 H Matsuyama (Jpn), J Thomas (US); -7 A Rai (Eng); -6 B DeChambeau (US), T Hatton (Eng) |
American Collin Morikawa hit a three-under-par final round of 69 to win the WGC-Workday Championship by three shots at The Concession in Florida.
The 24-year-old led by two overnight and, after bogeying the second, carded four birdies to win on 18 under.
Norway’s Viktor Hovland finished with a 67 to end joint second on 15 under with Americans Brooks Koepka and Billy Horschel, who both shot two-under 70s.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy closed with a 71 to finish on 12 under.
McIlroy was four shots off Morikawa going into the last day but struggled to get a challenge going with a round which included five birdies and four bogeys.
“What a week,” said Morikawa, the 2020 US PGA Championship winner, who has now won four PGA Tour titles in 19 months.
“I was working on so much the past couple of weeks. My game felt so good and I’m so excited right now.”
A birdie at the third briefly left McIlroy only two behind Morikawa but two bogeys in his next three holes effectively ended his victory hopes before he produced a late rally to secure a top-10 finish.
The world number eight has not secured a victory since triumphing at the WGC HSBC Champions event in China in November 2019.
The year’s first World Golf Championship event in Bradenton replaced the WGC-Mexico Championship, which was cancelled because of Covid-19 concerns.
Article courtesy of BBC Sport
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